Puff-throated Babbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Puff-throated Babbler

Pellorneum ruficeps

棕头幽鹛 (zōng-tóu yōu-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Tanah Berbintik Biasa

    Japanese : ムナフジチメドリ (muna-fu ji-chime-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 胸斑地知目鳥

    Size : 15–17 cm; 21–31 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Pellorneum ruficeps punctatum (Gould, 1838)
  – SW Jammu and Kashmir E to Uttarakhand, in N India.
• Pellorneum ruficeps mandellii (Blanford, 1871)
  – Nepal E to NE India (C Arunachal Pradesh).
• Pellorneum ruficeps ruficeps (Swainson, 1832)
  – peninsular India except S.
• Pellorneum ruficeps olivaceum (Jerdon, 1839)
  – SW India.
• Pellorneum ruficeps pallidum (Abdulali, 1982)
  – SE India.
• Pellorneum ruficeps chamelum (Deignan, 1947)
  – NE Indian states S of R Brahmaputra (except Manipur) and E Bangladesh.
• Pellorneum ruficeps pectorale (Godwin-Austen, 1877)
  – NE India (E Arunachal Pradesh) and extreme N Myanmar.
• Pellorneum ruficeps ripleyi (Deignan, 1947)
  – Margherita area of E Assam (NE India).
• Pellorneum ruficeps vocale (Deignan, 1951)
  – Manipur Valley (NE India).
• Pellorneum ruficeps stageri (Deignan, 1947)
  – S part of N Myanmar.
• Pellorneum ruficeps hilarum (Deignan, 1947)
  – W (N Chin State) & C Myanmar.
• Pellorneum ruficeps victoriae (Deignan, 1947)
  – C & S Chin State (W Myanmar).
• Pellorneum ruficeps shanense (Deignan, 1947)
  – E Myanmar and S China (W & SW Yunnan).
• Pellorneum ruficeps minus (A. O. Hume, 1873)
  – S Myanmar.
• Pellorneum ruficeps subochraceum (Swinhoe, 1871)
  – SE Myanmar (including N Tenasserim) and adjacent W Thailand.
• Pellorneum ruficeps insularum (Deignan, 1947)
  – extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim).
• Pellorneum ruficeps indistinctum (Deignan, 1947)
  – extreme NW Thailand.
• Pellorneum ruficeps chthonium (Deignan, 1947)
  – NW Thailand (except extreme N).
• Pellorneum ruficeps elbeli (Deignan, 1956)
  – NE Thailand.
• Pellorneum ruficeps dusiti (Dickinson & Chaiyaphun, 1970)
  – W slope of Dong Phraya Fai Range (W part of NE Thailand).
• Pellorneum ruficeps acrum (Deignan, 1947)
  – W & S Thailand and N Peninsular Malaysia.
• Pellorneum ruficeps oreum (Deignan, 1947)
  – S China (S Yunnan), N Laos and NW Vietnam (W Tonkin).
• Pellorneum ruficeps vividum (La Touche, 1921)
  – SE Yunnan and N & C Vietnam (E Tonkin, N & C Annam).
• Pellorneum ruficeps ubonense (Deignan, 1947)
  – NE (E part) Thailand, S Laos and adjacent NE Cambodia.
• Pellorneum ruficeps euroum (Deignan, 1947)
  – SE Thailand and Cambodia (except E).
• Pellorneum ruficeps deignani (Delacour, 1951)
  – S Vietnam (S Annam) and adjacent E Cambodia.
• Pellorneum ruficeps dilloni (Delacour, 1951)
  – S Vietnam (Cochinchina) and adjacent SE Cambodia.
• Pellorneum ruficeps smithi (Riley, 1924)
  – coastal islands off SE Thailand.

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 26 July 2019

Location : Batu Gajah, Daerah Kinta, Perak

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 26 May 2018

Location : Hutan Paya Bakau Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 26 May 2018

Location : Hutan Paya Bakau Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 27 January 2018

Location : Hutan Paya Bakau Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 17 September 2017

Location : Hutan Paya Bakau Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 15 July 2017

Location : Hutan Paya Bakau Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 15 July 2017

Location : Hutan Paya Bakau Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 15 July 2017

Location : Hutan Paya Bakau Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah

Pellorneum ruficeps ssp. acrum
Date : 15 July 2017

Location : Hutan Paya Bakau Sungai Merbok, Sungai Batu, Daerah Kuala Muda, Kedah